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Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 6th 2026
5.15: GRANDE CUVEE (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/FOZZY STACK) 5.45: SENSATIONAL FILLY (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.15: SOARING SUN (ROBYN DONAGHUE-LEAHY (4*)/PAT FLYNN) 6.45: DANCING SAXON (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.15: NAVAL GAZER – EW – (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.45: DALER (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 8.15: WEGOTOGETHER – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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Murphy bows out once more
Meath’s prospects – and that of every other team in Div 1 of the National Football League of getting a result against Donegal increased quite a bit this evening that Michael Murphy has again announced his retirement from inter county football at the age of 37. The great man from Glenswilly had originally bowed out…
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Is Andy actually looking towards the future?
Do not adjust your television. This may not be a drill. It recalls the episode of The Simpsons in which Homer and Abe fulfill one of the latter’s long held wishes to return to Tom O’Flanagan’s pub… In Ireland! The old hostelry had been derelict of patrons for so long ol’ Tom couldn’t remember how…
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Selections for Clonmel – Nov. 5th 2026
12.50: UNFLINCHING (JOSH WILLIAMSON (3)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.25: ROKANANKO (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (3)/EDDIE POWER) 2.00: ZOFFMAN (CONOR STONE-WALSH/NOEL MEADE) 2.35: DINOBLUE (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.10: IL ETAIT TEMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.45: KELLY’S COSMOS – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.20: RIVER CARTWRIGHT – EW – (FINN BUCKLEY (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL)
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Robot Rock – Chapter 2
And so, the ups and downs of a life in and around horse racing finds an upward curve once again. It’s exactly four months to the date since the first installment of this odyssey appeared in this space. Which was the horse’s debut for us. ‘Us’ being the Mulvany’s Bar Syndicate, of which I had…
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Selections for Wexford – Nov. 4th 2026
1.00: ZARA’S DREAM (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.33: HEY NOW (MARK WALSH/ANDY MCNAMARA) 2.05: WALKING SAINT (EOIN STAPLES (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 2.37: THE COBBLERS WIFE (DANNY MULLINS/TONY MULLINS) 3.10: THE BIG WESTERNER (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.45: THE BIG CLUBMAN (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 4.20: HARTFORD (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 4th 2026
4.05: VENETIAN – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 4.40: RED LILY – EW – (JESSICA O’GORMAN (7)/E. & P. HARTY) 5.15: COINCIDENTAL GLORY – EW – (REESE HOLOHAN (5)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.45: OTSANA (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.15: LITTLEPACER (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 6.45: VIBRATO – EW – (GARY CARROLL/CIAN COLLINS) 7.15: STAR MIND – EW – (DANNY…
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Provisional National League Fixtures released
After much waiting and speculating, Meath’s forthcoming fixtures for their return to Div 1 of the Allianz National Football League have finally been released. Now, the word ‘Provisional’ has been appended to the announced list, though it’s unlikely there will be any change to the intended schedule unless the weather intervenes. The first thing to…
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3,000 and counting for gentleman Noel
BREAKING NEWS One of my greatest sporting idols who over the years I am blessed to say has become a friend, Noel Meade, reached another milestone in his remarkable training career today when, in winning the concluding handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse, MICKEY COHEN became the 3,000th winner sent out from Tu Va Stables. The very…
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Moore the merrier as Valley topple Tuaisceart
BOYNE VALLEY… 0-16 AN TUAISCEART… 0-14 Rathkenny custodian Finn Moore was the toast of the River Boyne on Sunday evening after his late long range free guided the ensemble representing the east of the county – and two time winners – past the current holders of the Richie Barry Cup at Devenish Park on Sunday…
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